This was chosen by my daughter as the next book for me to read aloud to her. She had loved the first book and so we knew what we were in for with this one. Basically two kids deal with the evil Dean brothers (Dean D. Dean and Dan D. Dean) and a new nanny, Manny Mann, and their inventor father's newest invention, AND a cheeky, conceited Narrator who offers pointers For Further Study at the end of every chapter, not to mention footnotes about the proper way to pronounce French words the Narrator enjoys using to prove how smart he is. This book didn't disappoint.